Chapter 126, execution
"Marinus Flanagan, guilty of murder, subverting the government, enslaving others, imprisoning others...in the name of the Emperor, sentenced to death!"
"Jesse Dutra, guilty of murder, fraud...in the name of the emperor, sentenced to death!"
"Lloyd Yukirk, guilty of..."
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Many people who were wearing delicate clothes that had been soiled during detention and interrogation were tied up and knelt on the ground one by one.
They looked at Lambert, who was sitting on the trial seat, reciting his crimes, but silently argued.
They were also unable to speak, and their tongues were all cut out, just to prevent them from speaking indiscriminately on such an important occasion.
They just need to show their face here, and then meet their own destiny.
In fact, they weren't the first batch.In front of them, there was another platform under the high platform of judgment, which was stained with blood.
Just now, at the rhythm of each batch of ten, after the sentence was pronounced, they were dragged to the high platform below, and then each of them pointed a gun at the back of their head. Following the order of the procurator, the gunshots rang out at the same time, and the kneeling people Immediately fell forward, blood splashed all over the ground.
Immediately afterwards, someone came up to drag the corpse away. When the crimes of the next group of people were read out, the workers poured water on the execution platform with buckets, and then mopped it quickly.
It must not be cleaned all at once. When the next group of people were dragged over, the ground was still wet, and the smell of blood rushed to their noses.
Peeing your pants in fright, wriggling and wanting to resist... These are all routine operations, but they are meaningless.
Immediately afterwards, orders were issued, another burst of gunfire, and the next batch of people were sentenced...
The prisoners prepared by Lambert had to kill more than 20 batches in this way to kill them all.
During this period of time, more than 2000 people were arrested in the political terror that shrouded the revived inner city.
Of course, these people will not all be dragged here to be executed. On the one hand, not everyone has been sentenced to death. On the other hand, 2000 people have been sentenced to be killed one by one, which is a bit too time-consuming.
A total of two hundred or so, it makes sense at once.There are still four or five hundred death row prisoners who will be dealt with later.
Among the prisoners who were arrested, there were also some who were really fine, so they were released, about 500 or so.The remaining thousands of people who came here were all sentenced to hard labor, and they were going to dig in the mine at the former site of the Abandoned Tunshe.
Judging from the environment of the wasteland, this group of people seems to have delicate skin and tender flesh, and I am afraid that they have never performed too high-intensity physical labor.After working in the dark mine for five years, I don't know how many people will come out alive when the sentence ends.
And further down from the execution platform is the execution square.
This place is located in the square in front of the Union Congress Hall. The place is quite big, and it is not a big problem to stand 2 people.
Now, there are about half of them standing here, that is, about 1 people.
These people watching the sentence are basically the top 10% of the inner city residents.
They were 'invited' to watch the trial and were very moved when they received the invitation.
The scene that happened at this moment made their scalps tingle as expected.
Among the executed, there were many people they knew and were familiar with.
In the past, these were their leaders, their superiors, their bosses.
Whenever we meet, I'm afraid I have to bow my head and say hello, hoping that if I miss a little, I can let them have a good meal; with a little support, maybe there will be greater opportunities in my future life.
But now, these once high-ranking people are executed in front of them in batches like dead dogs.
During the process of watching the execution, people were silent like cicadas.
Your Excellency Governor, it is true.
This made many of them have to deeply recall the second-generation governor six years ago...
No, it's even more outrageous than the second governor.
The original second-generation governor, in order to implement his reign of terror and extortionate tyranny, also needed to rely on the administrative power and military power of the alliance itself.In that era, although terrible disasters were caused, since the administrative means were carried out by the alliance system, many of them were originally in this system, and the people who carried out the terror were themselves.
In many cases, the terror does not come to my own head.
But now the new governor is not like this.He built his own power out of thin air, and that power carried out his will.The new governor really doesn't need them.
More than 2000 people were arrested, and 200 people were shot on the high platform, which was simpler than killing pigs.This means that the ruling class under the alliance system and the leaders of almost all interest groups have been swept away.
Isn't this enough to reflect the determination and ruthlessness of the governor?
Now, they have truly felt that Fuxing City, the Alliance, and even the entire Star of Fury have really changed.
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Gu Hang was on the highest platform, silently looking down at everything.
The blood on the execution platform and the silent and terrified people below did not change his expression in the slightest.
Destroy the existing order, he is indeed doing it.The purpose of doing this is to clean the house and make it easier for him to rebuild the order he wants.
For the people in the inner city, his method is different from that for the people in the outer city.
People in the outer city are poor, poor, and can't fill their stomachs, so they should use gentle means to show kindness, give hope, and build prestige.Let them have enough food and clothing, let them live and work in peace and contentment, and they will naturally become their own strength.
People in the inner city live a good life, if you want to buy them with more benefits, the price/performance ratio is too low.Then use decisive means to implant terror into their minds so that they dare not become their own obstacles.
Gu Hang must not let these inner city people become vampires again.Not only that, but he also wanted the people in the inner city to bleed heavily, otherwise, who would pay for the resource price of buying people from the outer city?
Contrary to what he imagined, Gu Hang did not gain much real value after sweeping away the dignitaries in the city.
Money is meaningless.The so-called alliance currency is a kind of currency issued by the alliance government and not widely circulated. Those things are like waste paper to Gu Hang.
He hasn't completely abolished the use of federation coins yet, but that's only a matter of time.
Gu Hang didn't have the patience to engage in the financial industry here.
Can the financial industry help pay taxes?Can I talk to the imperial tax officer with Union Coin?
Obviously not.
Money is only a means of regulating the economy.
The devastating storm caused by the original Angry Owl sect helped Gu Hang a lot to some extent.With almost nothing in the outer city, Gu Hang realized that he didn't need to maintain Fuxing City's original financial system.
And the most important thing he got from those so-called dignitaries was the property they originally controlled.
Next, Gu Hang will largely abolish and not recognize the use of alliance coins, which will directly make all inner city residents impoverished.The wealth they accumulated in the past will all become waste paper piled up at home under this decision.
They won't become penniless, after all, they still have their own houses and some material savings, which is much better than the outsiders who start from scratch.
But the life of the past is bound to be gone forever.
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I updated 5.5k today, and I will hold back a big chapter tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)